TruMonitor is a stand-alone training solution, available for use on tablets (iOS or Android), that allows learners to interpret vital signs as they will in real clinical settings. With TruMonitor, your learners will experience realistic training scenarios, with an emphasis on diagnosing and improving critical decision-making skills.

Instructors can create and control different scenarios to conduct true-to-life medical simulation training. Students will learn how to react to changes in vital signs, how to interpret ECG, how to perform pacing and defibrillation and more relevant actions can be introduced as the scenario evolves.

TruMonitor can be run from anywhere and used with any manikin or standardized patient. It can also be connected directly to a Laerdal app compatible Resusci Anne QCPR manikin. You can also change patient parameters to simulate adults, children, newborns or elderly people.

With TruMonitor, you can:

• Adjust patient vital signs in real time.
• Introduce lab results.
• Create complex medical scenarios for training, exams or interviews.
• Pair two devices where the instructor has wireless control of the second device. The second device will act as a simulated patient monitor and has real time CPR feedback.

How to access and use the TruMonitor app

In this article, we will be using an iPad to walk through the various basic features of the TruMonitor app. Note that Android tablets will have the same features available.

Basic monitor controls

This screenshot shows the following basic controls of the TruMonitor:

1.  Visibility buttons - Used to activate different monitor waveforms on the on the student monitor. These changes are applied immediately.
2.  Sliders - Used to adjust heart rate and other values. Touching the slider shows a pop-up that allows you to type int e numbers you want. Changes are not sent until the green update button is clicked.
3. Update button - Used to confirm changes. This button is green when you need to click it for updates and gray when the button is unavailable for use.
4.  Timer button - Used to make changes over a selected duration. In this example, the heart rate will be reduced over a period of 15 seconds. A time period of up to 10 minutes can be selected and vitals will change automatically over time.
5.  Waveform - Tapping on a waveform allows the selection of a new pattern for blood pressure, spo2 and CO2. You must click the Update button to activate the new waveform(s) and send them to the student monitor. 
6. Reset button - Click the reset button to restore the monitor to the default state.

Start a session

To start a session using the TruMonitor, take these steps:

1. On the Instructor device, Click Instructor from the home screen. 

          2. Click Start Session. This will create a local session which is discoverable by student devices that are nearby. 

          3. On the Student device, click Student. The instructor session is automatically discovered.

          4. Tap the session to join.

From the session tab, the instructor can assign different monitor or ventilator skins. Additionally, the instructor controls the student's parameters from the monitor tab on the Instructor's device.

When the session is complete, the Instructor taps End Session > Confirm to disconnect the student from the session.

Remote Sessions

If the student is in a different location than the instructor and internet access is available, a remote session can be used. To do this, take these steps:

1. Click Remote Connection and a code will be generated. 
2. Click Start Session and invite the student to enter the code that was generated in step 1.
3.  Student clicks Join Session.

The remote session functions in the same way as the local session and the Instructor controls the monitor.